The national encyclopædia of business and social forms, embracing the laws of etiquette and good society (1879)
McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Chicago [etc.] The National publishing co · leaf 93
given merely as an opportunity for display, it doesnot matter how many are invited, so that the resources of the establishment (andof the pastrycook) are equal to the occasion. In the latter case, too, it does not much matter who is asked; the host hasonly to group his guests to the best of his… … ETIQUETTE OF THE TABLE. selection and assortment of their guests. How often must it be repeated, thatit is not enough to make the most perfect arrangements for receiving companyif those invited are hopelessly unsuited to one another? The effect of bringingtogether an incongruous mass of people is…
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